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Percentage Change in Viewership for Trump's 2025 Inauguration Compared to 2017 by January 2025
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Donald Trump•United States•Nielsen•Joe Biden•Trump•Fox News•Bret Baier•Martha MacCallum•ABC•NBC•CBS•CNN•MSNBC
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Trump's Second Inauguration Attracts 24.6 Million Viewers, Fox News Dominates with 10.3 Million
Jan 21, 2025, 11:35 PM
Donald Trump's second inauguration as President of the United States drew an average of 24.6 million viewers across multiple networks, marking a decline in viewership compared to previous inaugurations. According to Nielsen data, this figure represents a 27% drop from Joe Biden's 2021 inauguration, which had 33.8 million viewers, and a 21% decrease from Trump's first inauguration in 2017, which attracted 31 million viewers. Fox News, co-anchored by Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, led the viewership with 10.3 million total viewers and 2 million in the 25-54 age demographic, outperforming other cable and broadcast networks such as ABC, which had 4.7 million viewers, NBC with 4.4 million, CBS with 4.1 million, CNN with 1.7 million, and MSNBC with 848,000 viewers.
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